Bombay HC: Divorced Muslim woman entitled to maintenance even if she remarries

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on January 6, 2024
The Bombay high court has held that a divorced Muslim woman is entitled to receive maintenance under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act (MWPA), 1986, even if she had remarried. Justice Rajesh Patil dismissed the husband's challenge to pay his ex-wife lump sum maintenance. The husband's advocates argued that he...

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Mumbai

Capital of Maharashtra, India
In the Mumbai region, more than 100 rescued homeless persons living at a shelter in New Panvel have managed to get voter identity cards, the first such batch of..
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Bombay high court on Monday kept for urgent hearing a petition filed by two gynaecologists, which seeks to assail actions of a police officer from a district..
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Muslims

Adherents of Islam
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